MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBANATOMY / THE VISUAL PRACTICAL ATLASHead & Neck
Head & Neck
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Skull, deep spaces, glands, pharynx, ear, nerves and vessels.
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Pharynx & palate
Nasopharynx
Conducts air and communicates with the middle ear through auditory tubes.
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Oropharynx
A shared passage for swallowed material and air.
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Laryngopharynx
Directs swallowed material around the laryngeal entrance toward the oesophagus.
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Pharynx & palate
Palatine tonsil
Part of Waldeyer's lymphoid ring.
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Pharynx & palate
Pharyngeal constrictor muscles
Propel a swallowed bolus inferiorly.
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Pharynx & palate
Stylopharyngeus muscle
Elevates and widens the pharynx during swallowing.
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Soft palate
Separates nasopharynx from the swallowing pathway when elevated.
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Pharynx & palate
Pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube
Ventilates the middle ear and helps equalise pressure.
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